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Identifying Asters and Goldenrods of New England (NY too!)
From Rich Ring, Natural Heritage: I went to a New England Botanical Club workshop in Asters this weekend, led by Arieh Tal. It was a good workshop emphasizing the common species, and Tal has developed some unusual, artificial keys that worked pretty well, and has...
Slender False Brome Photos Showing Invasion of Bergen Swamp
Steve Daniel sent a couple of photos of the invasion in Bergen Swamp.
Breaking News! Slender False Brome, Invasive Grass Found in New York
From Steve Young: Slender false brome grass (Brachypodium sylvaticum) was recently found in Bergen Swamp in western New York by naturalist Steve Daniel. Until now this invasive grass was only found in Oregon where it has been a serious invader covering tens of...
NYS Museum Conservation Seminar Series – October Plant Lecture
The New York State Biodiversity Research Institute and New York State Museum are sponsoring a Biology and Conservation lecture series in October. A variety of speakers will present lectures on recent biodiversity research and conservation initiatives in the state. The...
Don’t Forget to Buy NYFA Gear.
Our new website www.nyflora.org links to the Cafe Press site where we have many items for sale with our logo. Shirts, hats, mugs and even buttons. Take a look and proudly wear your NYFA logo. A percentage of the proceeds from each item helps us continue with our...
Genera Quest Napeague Trip Avoids the Rain
The tropical storm last Friday threatened to cancel the field trip to Napeague last Saturday but the rain ended by Saturday morning and allowed a group of hardy plant enthusiasts to look at plants in the dunes, swales and salt marsh. The search for Schizaea pusilla...
Woodbine – The Other Virginia Creeper
From Steve Young: Until the last few years, whenever I saw Virginia creeper-looking leaves I always called it Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Looking through the grape family keys one day I realized that there are actually two common species of Parthenocissus, P....
Shelf Fungus With Leaf Imprints
From Steve Young: While climbing up Dial Mountain in the Adirondacks recently my son Alex found these imprints of leaves on the top of a shelf fungus. It looks like they may have landed on the fungus as it was finishing its growth and the imprints were made. This is...
Is Newcomb’s Right About Burdock Petioles?
From Steve Young: Newcomb's wildflower guide says that Arctium minus, common burdock, has hollow leaf stalks and A. lappa, great burdock has solid leaf stalks. It would be nice if this was consistent so these species could be identified before they flower since the...
Searching for Downy Wood-mint
From Steve Young: I searched a powerline in southern Albany County today looking for plants of Blephilia ciliata, downy wood-mint, that were last seen there in 1998. This is only one of three locations in the state for this rare plant. The area was on dry limestone...
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